From the co-creator and designer of Black comes Bodycount, Codemasters’ newest shot at “genre-defining gun play” for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, a game you might have already heard a few peeps about. Designed by creative director Stuart Black, Bodycount promises both “jaw-dropping devastation” and an “exhilarating sensory overload of action,” according to the…
It’s the calm before the storm, with the rest of the week full of Game Developers Conference coverage and little time to explore off-topic subjects. Let’s cherish this moment with appropriate conversation, like talking about Iron Man 2. Sure, the argument can easily be made that Iron Man 2 is on-topic, as the sequel is…
Disney has released the new, two minute twenty second trailer for Tron Legacy, the Joseph Kosinski-directed sequel to the 1982 computer generated landmark film Tron. It’s yours for the downloading and obsessive pausing on sexy frames just like this one. That’s the same Tron Legacy trailer we saw last week, only in downloadable form and…
Indie developer Derek Yu’s Spelunky is making the platform leap from PC to Xbox Live Arcade some time this year, a release date we’re starting to believe courtesy of a quartet of new screen shots. The procedurally generated action adventure platformer—not to be confused with Spelunker HD for PlayStation Network—which Yu describes as “La Mulana…
Is Rocksteady’s superb Batman video game series already reaching the point of Robin? So says a listing for Batman: Arkham Asylum II at the occasionally factual Internet Movie Database. That could be bad news… or it could be good. The bad depends on your tastes, whether you consider the lone wolf Batman to be superior…
Ubisoft finally offers up some in-game footage of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the not quite an adaptation of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Prince of Persia movie, a game set between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. Sure, it may look a lot like the Mike Newell-directed, Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film Prince of Persia: The Sands…
When tens of thousands of currently dead Nazi soldiers are inevitably re-animated by some combination of secret SS tech and the ancient mystic arts—following Hellboy rules—video gamers will be well prepared. But what about our local law enforcement? Thanks to the folks at Zombie Ammo, gun range enthusiasts and policemen can now empty the skulls…
While it wasn’t listed among the other Valve games that were getting Mac OS X support earlier today, the original Left 4 Dead is also making its way to Apple computers alongside its sequel. The official Left 4 Dead blog confirms that Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis will be hitting the Mac platform this spring,…
Regular maps too informative for you? Too lacking in colorful sprites? Retro cartographer Brett Camper has devised 8-bit NYC for the gaming crowd who can’t make heads or tails of anything that doesn’t look like a Dragon Warrior map. Camper name-checks ye olde favorites like Milon’s Secret Castle, Clash at Demonhead and Zelda II: The…
Real life Bike Hero and enemy of viral marketing douchebags Freddie Wong is also the proud (unfortunate) new owner of an Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, which currently looks a lot like a Nerf gun. Consider this a warning to the Mac-only gamers in the crowd who might not have already learned this lesson the…
Venezuela’s new anti-violent video game law just recently went into effect, an opportunity for those who import or sell violent video games (and toys) a chance to pay a hefty fine and spend three-to-five years in prison. Gamesthirst and La Gaceta help the potentially violent video gamer better understand Ley para la Prohibición de Videojuegos…
Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku Off Topic, it’s Friday night and it’s time to forget about the troubles—and there were some troubles—of the week, hopefully with a few cocktails and some well-mixed conversation. Like the White Rabbit, I am late for a very important date. That’s a platonic date, mind you, but an obligation at…
The quartet of military misfits introduced in the original Battlefield: Bad Company are back and taking a backseat to a revamped (and far more exciting) multiplayer mode in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. On the single-player side of things, Marlowe, Sweetwater, Haggard and Sarge find themselves embroiled in a military endeavor that feels way above their…
If you planned on doing any Xbox 360 purchasing this weekend, it might behoove you to cool your jets for at least a few more days. Amazon is listing a new Xbox 360 Elite bundle that’s a solid deal. The 120GB Xbox 360 bundle packs in two 2009 console exclusives, Halo 3: ODST and Forza…
One look at the all-new Tomb Raider game and you’ll see why Eidos and Crystal Dynamics have put aside the famous name for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. This is a very different Tomb Raider game. The downloadable cooperative Lara Croft adventure drops the standard behind-the-back third-person camera angle from just about every…
MTV Games and Harmonix put a little more Jack and Meg in your copies of Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and LEGO Rock Band, a trio of new tracks from The White Stripes (and more) arriving next week. That includes the radio friendly White Stripes tracks “Seven Nation Army” and “Fell In Love With A…
Tecmo Koei’s latest Musou crossover, the one that blends classic manga Fist of the North Star characters with Dynasty Warriors style play, is making its way to Europe. The game known as Hokuto Musou will summer in Europe, officially. Koei’s simply calling the game Fist of the North Star for now, pegging the European release…
This weekend, I expect to rack up some losing records in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online multiplayer, fully ensnared by the hunt for Xbox Live Achievements, of which I have but half as of right now. I’ll not only be playing Bad Company 2 this weekend, I’ll be playing it right now. Since some of…
Officially released details on Valve’s sequel to Portal were scant. Fortunately, retailer GameStop comes through with some major details, including the addition of a two-player cooperative campaign mode and all-new characters. GameStop‘s description of the PC and Xbox 360 game indicates that Portal 2 is due later this year—the online retailer lists an October 26…
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